Books

Children’s Books Powwow
    Children’s books: So many think they can write them; so few actually do so with skill. Now, for Children’s Book...

Dogs for Steinbeck
    You say John Steinbeck Weekend is news to you? Never mind that and simply give in to the charm of the “Travels With Charley...

“The Interestings”
Meg Wolitzer
Riverhead Books, $27.95

   There’s no rock ’n’ roll and just a few mentions of drugs in Nanci E. LaGarenne’s new novel, “Cheap Fish,” but it’s all about Montauk and has...

“The Underground
Railroad on Long Island”

Kathleen G. Velsor
History Press, $19.99

Storytelling Techniques
    Memoir: It’s all the rage, whether you’re a reader, a writer, or a publisher. How about workshopper?

Westerly”
Will Schutt
Yale University Press, $18

Poets Laureate, Ho!
    National Poetry Month: Get it while you can, versification fans. At Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor, to name one outlet, a couple...

“The Juice”
Jay McInerney
Vintage, $15.95